60% of House Republicans Vote Against Motion to Balance Highway Trust Fund

Friday, June 8th, 2012 and is filed under Blog, Taxes

For all the talk about a balanced budget, Republicans seem to vote against any opportunity to balance even part of the budget.  As we noted yesterday, Congressman Paul Broun introduced a motion to instruct the conferees on the highway bill to spend only as much as the gas tax revenue purveys in 2013.  The gas tax revenue is projected to be $37.5 billion, but Democrats and Republicans on the conference committee want to spend as much as $50 billion to fund their mass transit projects and union level wages.  This motion would have demanded from conferees that they keep spending levels to $37.5 billion.

Unfortunately, only 82 Republicans supported it while 145 voted against it.  Of course, not a single Democrat voted for it.  This is a sad testament to the current status of the Republican Party.

You can find the full roll call results below the fold:

Here are the 82 Republicans who voted for fiscal solvency:

• Adams, S. (FL-24)
• Amash (MI-03)
• Bachmann (MN-06)
• Black, D. (TN-06)
• Blackburn, M. (TN-07)
• Brooks (AL-05)
• Broun (GA-10)
• Buerkle (NY-25)
• Burgess (TX-26)
• Burton, D. (IN-05)
• Campbell, J. (CA-48)
• Carter (TX-31)
• Chabot (OH-01)
• Chaffetz (UT-03)
• Conaway (TX-11)
• Culberson (TX-07)
• Duncan, Jeff (SC-03)
• Fincher (TN-08)
• Flake (AZ-06)
• Fleming (LA-04)
• Flores (TX-17)
• Foxx (NC-05)
• Franks, T. (AZ-02)
• Garrett (NJ-05)
• Gingrey (GA-11)
• Goodlatte, R. (VA-06)
• Gowdy (SC-04)
• Granger (TX-12)
• Graves, S. (MO-06)
• Graves, T. (GA-09)
• Hastings, D. (WA-04)
• Heck (NV-03)
• Hensarling (TX-05)
• Huelskamp (KS-01)
• Huizenga (MI-02)
• Hurt (VA-05)
• Issa (CA-49)
• Jenkins (KS-02)
• Jones (NC-03)
• Jordan (OH-04)
• King, S. (IA-05)
• Kingston, J. (GA-01)
• Lamborn (CO-05)
• Latta (OH-05)
• Manzullo (IL-16)
• Marchant (TX-24)
• McCaul (TX-10)
• McClintock (CA-04)
• McHenry (NC-10)
• Miller, J. (FL-01)
• Mulvaney (SC-05)
• Myrick (NC-09)
• Neugebauer (TX-19)
• Olson (TX-22)
• Pence (IN-06)
• Poe (TX-02)
• Pompeo (KS-04)
• Posey (FL-15)
• Price, T. (GA-06)
• Quayle (AZ-03)
• Rohrabacher (CA-46)
• Rokita (IN-04)
• Rooney (FL-16)
• Ross, D. (FL-12)
• Royce (CA-40)
• Ryan, P. (WI-01)
• Scalise (LA-01)
• Schweikert (AZ-05)
• Scott, A. (GA-08)
• Scott, T. (SC-01)
• Sensenbrenner (WI-05)
• Smith, Lamar (TX-21)
• Stutzman (IN-03)
• Sullivan (OK-01)
• Thompson, G. (PA-05)
• Thornberry (TX-13)
• Walsh (IL-08)
• West, A. (FL-22)
• Westmoreland, L. (GA-03)
• Wilson, J. (SC-02)
• Woodall (GA-07)
• Yoder (KS-03)

Here are the 145 Republicans who voted no:

• Aderholt, R. (AL-04)
• Alexander, R. (LA-05)
• Amodei (NV-02)
• Austria (OH-07)
• Bachus, S. (AL-06)
• Barletta (PA-11)
• Bartlett, R. (MD-06)
• Barton, J. (TX-06)
• Bass, C. (NH-02)
• Benishek (MI-01)
• Berg (ND-AL)
• Biggert (IL-13)
• Bilbray, B. (CA-50)
• Bonner (AL-01)
• Bono Mack, M. (CA-45)
• Boustany (LA-07)
• Brady, K. (TX-08)
• Buchanan (FL-13)
• Bucshon (IN-08)
• Calvert (CA-44)
• Camp, D. (MI-04)
• Canseco (TX-23)
• Cantor (VA-07)
• Capito (WV-02)
• Cassidy (LA-06)
• Coffman (CO-06)
• Cole (OK-04)
• Cravaack (MN-08)
• Crawford (AR-01)
• Crenshaw (FL-04)
• Davis, G. (KY-04)
• Denham (CA-19)
• Dent (PA-15)
• DesJarlais (TN-04)
• Diaz-Balart (FL-21)
• Dold (IL-10)
• Dreier (CA-26)
• Duffy (WI-07)
• Duncan, John (TN-02)
• Ellmers (NC-02)
• Emerson, J. (MO-08)
• Farenthold (TX-27)
• Fleischmann (TN-03)
• Forbes (VA-04)
• Fortenberry (NE-01)
• Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)
• Gallegly (CA-24)
• Gardner (CO-04)
• Gerlach (PA-06)
• Gibbs, B. (OH-18)
• Gibson, C. (NY-20)
• Gosar (AZ-01)
• Griffin (AR-02)
• Griffith (VA-09)
• Grimm (NY-13)
• Guinta (NH-01)
• Guthrie (KY-02)
• Hall, R. (TX-04)
• Hanna (NY-24)
• Harper (MS-03)
• Harris (MD-01)
• Hartzler (MO-04)
• Hayworth (NY-19)
• Herger (CA-02)
• Herrera Beutler (WA-03)
• Hultgren (IL-14)
• Hunter (CA-52)
• Johnson, B. (OH-06)
• Johnson, Timothy (IL-15)
• Kelly (PA-03)
• King, P. (NY-03)
• Kinzinger (IL-11)
• Kline, J. (MN-02)
• Lance (NJ-07)
• Landry, J. (LA-03)
• Lankford (OK-05)
• Latham (IA-04)
• LaTourette (OH-14)
• LoBiondo (NJ-02)
• Long (MO-07)
• Lucas, F. (OK-03)
• Luetkemeyer (MO-09)
• Lummis (WY-AL)
• Lungren (CA-03)
• Marino (PA-10)
• McCarthy, K. (CA-22)
• McCotter (MI-11)
• McKeon (CA-25)
• McKinley (WV-01)
• McMorris Rodgers (WA-05)
• Mica (FL-07)
• Miller, C. (MI-10)
• Miller, Gary (CA-42)
• Murphy, T. (PA-18)
• Noem (SD-AL)
• Nugent (FL-05)
• Nunes (CA-21)
• Nunnelee (MS-01)
• Palazzo (MS-04)
• Paulsen (MN-03)
• Pearce (NM-02)
• Petri (WI-06)
• Pitts (PA-16)
• Platts (PA-19)
• Reed, T. (NY-29)
• Rehberg (MT-AL)
• Reichert (WA-08)
• Renacci (OH-16)
• Ribble (WI-08)
• Rigell (VA-02)
• Rivera (FL-25)
• Roby (AL-02)
• Roe (TN-01)
• Rogers, H. (KY-05)
• Rogers, Mike (MI-08)
• Rogers, Mike D. (AL-03)
• Ros-Lehtinen (FL-18)
• Roskam (IL-06)
• Runyan (NJ-03)
• Schilling (IL-17)
• Schmidt (OH-02)
• Schock (IL-18)
• Sessions, P. (TX-32)
• Shimkus (IL-19)
• Shuster, Bill (PA-09)
• Simpson, M. (ID-02)
• Smith, Adrian (NE-03)
• Smith, C. (NJ-04)
• Southerland (FL-02)
• Stearns (FL-06)
• Stivers (OH-15)
• Terry (NE-02)
• Tipton (CO-03)
• Turner, B. (NY-09)
• Turner, M. (OH-03)
• Upton (MI-06)
• Walberg (MI-07)
• Walden, G. (OR-02)
• Webster (FL-08)
• Wittman (VA-01)
• Wolf (VA-10)
• Womack (AR-03)
• Young, C.W. (FL-10)
• Young, D. (AK-AL)
• Young, T. (IN-09)